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Justin Hawkins compares Yungblud's Ozzy Osbourne tribute to 'male stripper' and School of Rock

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has skewered Yungblud's MTV Video Music Awards tribute to late legend Ozzy Osbourne.

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"It's like watching David Hasselhoff": Justin Hawkins backs brother Dan's criticism of "poseur" Yungblud's Ozzy tribute

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins explains why "musicians of a certain age" feel "irked" by Yungblud

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“Makes me sick how people jump on this to further their own careers”: The Darkness’ Dan Hawkins blasts Yungblud, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry for their VMAs Ozzy Osbourne tribute

Yungblud led an all-star cast of music greats for a medley of Prince of Darkness classics – but Hawkins wasn’t impressed

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"Makes me sick how people jump on this sh*t to further their own careers": The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins slams MTV Ozzy tribute

MTV's tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne featured Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Nuno Bettencourt and Yungblud

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“Ozzy forever, man”: Yungblud wore Ozzy Osbourne’s necklace during tribute performance at the VMAs last weekend

The 28-year-old had a piece of the Prince Of Darkness with him when he sang Crazy Train, Changes and Mama, I’m Coming Home in New York on Sunday

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“I’ll try my best to do you proud Oz”: Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler and Yungblud pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with a medley of Prince of Darkness classics at the VMAs

The rousing, all-star medley honored Ozzy in style

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MTV VMAs 2025: Doja Cat goes back to the ‘80s with a keytar and Kenny G as Yungblud, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Nuno Bettencourt perform a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter all won big at last night’s ceremony

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"All aboooooooard!" Watch the all-star Ozzy Osbourne tribute from MTV's awards show

Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Yungblud, Nuno Betterncourt and Adam Wakeman joined forces for an Ozzy medley at the annual VMAs

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Yungblud, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Nuno Bettencourt to honour Ozzy Osbourne with performance at MTV Video Music Awards

Members of Aerosmith and Extreme will be joined by Yungblud for medley of Ozzy's greatest hits at VMAs this weekend

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“We love you, Ozzy!” Nuno Bettencourt covers three Ozzy Osbourne classics with Extreme – and nails Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee’s iconic solos

Fresh from his spot at Back to the Beginning, Bettencourt is continuing to doff his cap to the Prince of Darkness’ legacy

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“Nuno Bettencourt isn’t the only one keeping Eddie Van Halen’s fire burning – the most underrated guitarist on the planet just gave him a run for his money”: July 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks

New cuts from Deftones, Big Wreck, Wet Leg, Eric Gales and more...

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When tapping's not shredding: how to play tapped harmonics like Eddie Van Halen

Tapped harmonics were among Eddie Van Halen's trademark techniques. Learn how to make your guitar scream and sing

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Nuno Bettencourt was spotted playing a mystery guitar at Back to the Beginning – is he about to launch his own guitar brand?

Bettencourt took to the stage for the historic event with a Washburn-esque build that flashed a new ‘Nuno’ logo on the headstock – and we have some questions

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"It's not until Ozzy's actually there, thanking fans and getting tearful, that it sinks in." Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning: our ultimate review of their triumphant final show

Our blow-by-blow review of the biggest heavy metal show ever as Black Sabbath triumphantly bow out

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“Hearing the crowd sing the War Pigs solo gave me chills”: Back to the Beginning was Ozzy Osbourne’s night – but it was also a tribute to Tony Iommi’s singular impact on guitar music

Iommi’s world-altering riffs led to some of the all-star farewell show’s biggest singalongs – no wonder the supporting cast of guitar heroes had so much fun playing them

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Every guitar hero, special guest and all-star cover from Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s epic Back to the Beginning farewell show

Jake E. Lee, Ronnie Wood and Nuno Bettencourt were among the six-string royalty joining the likes of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira for the nine-hour celebration

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Here's every single special guest and song played from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show

Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira amongst a cast of superstar guests as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath play live for the last time

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Can you keep up? 6 minor pentatonic licks that go FASTER!

Turbo-boost your pentatonic lead playing by learning from Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page and more

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Video: Steven Tyler and Joe Perry reunite onstage in San Francisco

Tyler and Perry have performed together for the first time since Aerosmith's Peace Out... tour was abandoned in 2023

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“It was the first and last time I've ever argued with Brian May. He was so adamant about us not doing it”: Nuno Bettencourt recalls Extreme’s rebellious Queen medley at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

All bands were banned from playing Queen songs, but Bettencourt wanted to pay tribute to “one the greatest composers of all time” in his own way

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"It sounds like Dream Theater doing a pastiche of Bon Jovi songs": Did Extreme over-egg the funk-rock pudding on III Sides To Every Story?

Extreme's third album, the three-part III Sides To Every Story, was the sound of a band over-reaching themselves

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“Unforgettable”: Nuno Bettencourt joins Van Halen tribute band for blazing Hot For Teacher cover

The Extreme axeman used an EVH striped guitar to blast out Van Halen licks like he's been doing it all his life

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“It’s as if God convinced SRV and EVH to be reincarnated into one body”: Nuno Bettencourt says this 15-year-old blues player is in the league of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eddie Van Halen

The Extreme hero is betting on this young Australian guitarist after being blown away by his virtuosic performance

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“We may be witnessing a true future guitar hero in our midst”: Aussie teenager Taj Farrant officially blows Nuno Bettencourt’s mind as Extreme guitarist describes the blues-rock phenom as SRV meets EVH

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“Keep your eyes on this man”: Nuno Bettencourt joins Steven Tyler for a mini-set of Aerosmith, Extreme classics at charity gig – and, wait, is that a Les Paul?

Backing Tyler and some of his A-list friends at a fundraiser for the Janie’s Fund foundation at the Hollywood Palladium, the Extreme virtuoso ditched his signature Washburn

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